Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
The Revelaires*	You're So Wrong	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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